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Bend It Like Blair

Updated May 21, 2002 12:01 a.m. ET

We're not usually given to flattering politicians, but we have to say it. Tony Blair is the David Beckham of politics, capable of scoring political goals from the most impossible of angles. Last week he managed to launch a historic campaign for the U.K.'s adoption of the euro from the most unlikeliest of spots and take his opponents by surprise.

There were no public announcements of a new policy and no official dates released to let you know a drive on goal was underway. What we have for evidence of prime ministerial...